Comment 40 for bug 1765503

(In reply to Paul van Haren from comment #15)
> As per the analysis of Nikolay, the impact of this bug means that ATOMS and many other functions are not available to Ubuntu users.
>
> I've tried installing the latest successful nightly build, but that doesn't work as the customization for Ubuntu/Debian is missing and too many
> environment issues arose. E.g. when starting scilab from the command line, nothing happens, no output, no CPU load. The only think you can do is
> stop the process (^Z) and then kill the stopped job. I couldn't run the stable 6.0.2. version either.
>
> Next, I've tried building from source, but here I couldn't get past the JOGL and javah issue, also reported by Nikolay (the javah issue I could
> work around, but I couldn't find a fix for the JOGL issue).
>
> Effectively, this means that I don't have means to run Scilab, and I guess with me also most of the other Ubuntu/Debian users.
>
> @Stepahne, is there something you can do to raise the awareness on this issue and take measures for a big fix release being pushed to the Ubuntu
> package maintainers?
>
> Thanks and regards, Paul

If think there is a simpler fix than patching all relevant files:

https://github.com/HDFGroup/HDF.PInvoke/wiki/Important-Differences-between-HDF5-1.8-and-1.10(In reply to Stéphane MOTTELET from comment #16)
> (In reply to Paul van Haren from comment #15)
> > As per the analysis of Nikolay, the impact of this bug means that ATOMS and many other functions are not available to Ubuntu users.
> >
> > I've tried installing the latest successful nightly build, but that doesn't work as the customization for Ubuntu/Debian is missing and too many
> > environment issues arose. E.g. when starting scilab from the command line, nothing happens, no output, no CPU load. The only think you can do is
> > stop the process (^Z) and then kill the stopped job. I couldn't run the stable 6.0.2. version either.
> >
> > Next, I've tried building from source, but here I couldn't get past the JOGL and javah issue, also reported by Nikolay (the javah issue I could
> > work around, but I couldn't find a fix for the JOGL issue).
> >
> > Effectively, this means that I don't have means to run Scilab, and I guess with me also most of the other Ubuntu/Debian users.
> >
> > @Stepahne, is there something you can do to raise the awareness on this issue and take measures for a big fix release being pushed to the Ubuntu
> > package maintainers?
> >
> > Thanks and regards, Paul
>
> If think there is a simpler fix than patching all relevant files:
>
> https://github.com/HDFGroup/HDF.PInvoke/wiki/Important-Differences-between-HDF5-1.8-and-1.10

I mean, something similar